Soooooo. I’ve been house hunting down in the south where it’s warm, and haven’t had a chance to talk much about my upcoming book, The Minaldi Legacy.

First, in case you are wondering why I would like to move, let me just show you. This is why:

I hate the cold. Snow is pretty for about a week, then the whiteness of the snow and grayness of the sky begins to get to me. I know some people love it. I’m just not one of them. Haha.

Biut now– on to my Minaldi Legacy… and one of my favorite male characters, Luca Minaldi.

First, I’d like to share a photo that I saw the other day. Until now, I haven’t been able to find any real person who came close to the Luca Minaldi that I have in my head. BUT, Daniel di Tomasso comes very close.

Now, I thought I’d share the never-before-seen prologue of part two of The Minaldi Legacy (OF DARKNESS AND DEMONS).

Prologue

At night, I walk alone.

Amid the dark and the shadows, I sink my feet into damp sand and continue on my way. The salty sea water laps at my ankles, washing over the bare skin of my feet. It can’t wash me clean, however. Nothing can.

But that doesn’t matter here in the night. No one can see me for what I’ve done, for what I might still do. The demons can’t chase me. They can’t find me in the dark although it wouldn’t matter if they could. I’m worse than all of them, yet I’m one of them all the same.

The sooner I reconcile myself with that fact, the sooner I will no longer be tormented.

As if that time will ever come.

The moon hangs heavy on the horizon, like a pregnant star, its yellowed belly grazing the sea. I gaze at it for a moment, chasing all other thoughts from my mind, until I finally acknowledge that I have to go back. I have to face that which is too nightmarish to face.

Too inconceivable.

Too horrible.

I turn, and step by step, my feet carry me back to Chessarae.

My home.

My prison.

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Luca Minaldi’s story is unlike anything you’ve been reading lately. I can pretty much promise you that. He’s different. And delicious. As my BFF Michelle Leighton put it, “He’s tall, dark and dangerous.”

So, awhile back, I took a poll on what you wanted to see from me next. Confessions of an Alli Cat and Of Blood and Bone finished up very close to each other. So, I chose the sequel to Of Blood and Bone to write next because I had ended book one on sort of a cliffhanger.

In January, I’ll be releasing book two in the Minaldi Legacy, Of Darkness and Demons. BUT, I’m going to do it in a special way. I’m going to release it in a two-part book, with part one (Of Blood and Bone) included, for those readers who haven’t read it yet. It will be a special price for a limited time after release– so you’ll get two books for the price of one. Woohooo! I’m super excited about it.

But anyway, today I’m here to unveil the cover for The Minaldi Legacy.

I love LOVE the cover. I think it’s perfect for the book. It looks like the tunnels that run beneath Luca’s home, Chessarae.

And I’m SUPER EXCITED to release part two of this story. I LOVE Luca. LOVE him.

Okay. I hope you love this cover as much as I do– and I hope you’re just as excited as I am about the conclusion of Luca and Eva’s story. I can’t wait to share it with you!

Okay, so I’m sitting here in my office, trying to shuffle around my writing schedule for the year. I’ve turned book three of the Beautifully Broken series in to my editor and now…. my schedule needs some attention. I could use YOUR help in deciding what to write this year. I’d like to know what YOU want to read! 🙂

I have a couple of brand new story ideas floating around in my head, so hopefully those will gt written sometime this year. But in addition to those, I’m thinking that Brand (from the Beautifully Broken series) needs his own book. If I wrote Brand’s story, would you want to read it?

Thank you VERY much for your help. I wish I had more hours in the day so that I could write every story in my head, but until that happens, I really am interested in what you would most like to see from me. 🙂

Sooooo. A commonly asked question that I’ve been getting a LOT lately, is “When will the sequel to Of Blood and Bone be out?” I’ve even been getting some…shall we say…. less than polite emails.

I’m really sorry that it has taken so long. I really am. Trust me, I want to finish up Luca’s story, too. I love him. In fact, I would go so far as to say that he might be my favorite character that I’ve written.

This is the thing, though. Since I signed The Beautifully Broken series with a big publisher, that pushed The Beautifully Broken series up to the top of my schedule because I’m contractually (legally) bound to produce it by specific dates. I am working on edits now for If You Leave (book 2) and then I’ll have the third book to write and edit.

I will be working on Luca’s story whenever I can (in between edits and writing book three). I might even try to write it at the same time as I’m writing book three, as much as I can. There always comes a time though, in every story, that I can’t do two stories at once. I get too immersed in one– and there’s no way that I want to compromise either story.

You have my solemn word though- that I will write it as soon as I can. Luca’s story will wrap up on one more book- and I can tell you right now that it’s gonna get a little dark. With Luca involved, you had to know that was coming. In fact, the title itself is Of Darkness and Demons.

Anyway, I just wanted to give you a status update on that. And to let you know that it will be coming. I promise.

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